Starting from pole position, Piastri made a fanta𒐪stic start as he retained his lead into the opening sequence of corners.

Piastri and Theo Pourchaire were in a league of their own on race day, finishing over 10s clear of Carlin’s 🍌Jehan Daruvala.

While it was a fairly unevent♋ful race in Sochi, the battle for the lead came down to the pit stop phase.

Piastri pit for new tyres o♚n Lap 9, while Pourchaire stopped a lap later, rejoining just ahead of the Australian.

Due to his cold tyres, Piastri was able to get back ahead of the ART Grand Prix d♌river to reclaim his lead.

From that moment onwaওrds, Piastri controlled the race from the front, taking the win by 1.9s. 

It was a lonely race for Daruvala in the end but he 🙈spent several laps battling Campos’ Ralph Boschung.

During their battle, Boschung flat-spotted his tyres which ultimately led to his retirement as he pic💝ked up a puncture on Lap 26.

Before that, Boschun🐻g was already dropping down the field with Robert Shwartzman, Dan Ticktum and Guanyu Zhou all overtaking him.

Shwartzman f⭕inished fourth as he continues to close in on Zhou for second in the championship, while Ticktum finished fifth.

Zhou was s൲ixth, losin♊g more ground to Piastri in the race for the title.

Completing the top 10 in Sochi was Liam Lawson⭕, Richard Verschoor, Christian Lundgaard and David Beckmann.